Paper sheet storage apparatus, product registration method, and recording medium

Abstract

A paper sheet storage apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to deposit and withdraw a paper sheet under control of a POS terminal that performs an accounting process at a cash register, identify a product placed on a lower tier of a cart in a passage of the cash register, and transmit information about the product identified to the POS terminal.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A paper sheet storage apparatus comprising:
 processing circuitry configured to:
 deposit and withdraw a paper sheet under control of a point of sale system (POS) terminal that performs an accounting process at a cash register; 
 identify a product placed on a lower tier of a cart in a passage of the cash register; and 
 transmit information about the product identified to the POS terminal, 
 wherein
 to identify the product, a bar code scanner is configured to read a bar code attached to the product placed on the lower tier of the cart, 
 the processing circuitry is further configured to read,
 a bar code of the product placed on the lower tier of the cart, the bar code attached to a paper sheet storage apparatus side of the product, 
 a bar code of the product attached to a front side of the product, and 
 a bar code of the product attached to an opposite side of the product from the paper sheet storage apparatus side of the product, the bar code being reflected by a mirror disposed at a position allowing the bar code to be read, 
  the mirror disposed on a surface of a threshold plate by which the cart passes to reflect the bar code attached to a threshold plate side of the product for the bar code scanner to read the bar code reflected by the mirror. 
 
 
 
 
     
     
       2. The paper sheet storage apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 photograph a bar code attached to the product placed on the lower tier of the cart, and 
 identify the product based on the bar code photographed. 
 
     
     
       3. The paper sheet storage apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 photograph a product package printed on the product placed on the lower tier of the cart, and 
 identify the product based on the product package photographed. 
 
     
     
       4. The paper sheet storage apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to photograph an image of the product placed on the lower tier of the cart from a paper sheet storage apparatus side of the product, an image of the product from a front side of the cart, and an image of the product from an opposite side from the paper sheet storage apparatus, the image from the opposite side being reflected by the mirror disposed at a position allowing the image to be photographed. 
     
     
       5. A product registration method comprising:
 depositing and withdrawing a paper sheet under control of a point of sale system (POS) terminal that performs an accounting process at a cash register; 
 identifying a product placed on a lower tier of a cart in a passage of the cash register, by processing circuitry; and 
 transmitting information about the product to the POS terminal, 
 wherein
 the identifying includes reading, by a bar code scanner,
 a bar code of the product placed on the lower tier of the cart, the bar code attached to a paper sheet storage apparatus side of the product, 
 a bar code of the product attached to a front side of the product, and 
 a bar code of the product attached to an opposite side of the product from the paper sheet storage apparatus side of the product, the bar code being reflected by a mirror disposed at a position allowing the bar code to be read,
 the mirror disposed on a surface of a threshold plate by which the cart passes to reflect the bar code attached to a threshold plate side of the product for the bar code scanner to read the bar code reflected by the mirror. 
 
 
 
 
     
     
       6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing therein a product registration program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:
 depositing and withdrawing a paper sheet under control of a point of sale system (POS) terminal that performs an accounting process at a cash register; 
 identifying a product placed on a lower tier of a cart in a passage of the cash register; and 
 transmitting information about the product to the POS terminal, 
 wherein
 the identifying includes, by a bar code scanner, reading
 a bar code of the product placed on the lower tier of the cart, the bar code attached to a paper sheet storage apparatus side of the product, 
 a bar code of the product attached to a front side of the product, and 
 a bar code of the product attached to an opposite side of the product from the paper sheet storage apparatus side of the product, the bar code being reflected by a mirror disposed at a position allowing the bar code to be read,
 the mirror disposed on a surface of a threshold plate by which the cart passes to reflect the bar code attached to a threshold plate side of the product for the bar code scanner to read the bar code reflected by the mirror.